They've spent the past several years on a massively expensive project to add ONE lane of traffic in each direction, rather than a high-volume mass transit artery like it needs.

And it doesn't even work! I took the toll a few months ago because I needed to head North for a meeting, but the thing was moving slower than actual traffic from all the people merging/leaving it.

The construction lobby strikes again I guess...

This article[1] summarizes the recent problems.

[1] https://www.austinchronicle.com/news/2017-08-04/mopac-and-th...